emperor
Pronunciation: /ˈɛmp(ə)ɹə/
The English word “emperor” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
- Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
- An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
Etymology
From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperō (“to command”). Doublet of imperator. Displaced earlier Old English casere, from Latin Caesar.
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